| “ | Can heal allied units. Has no attack. | ” |
| —In-game description | ||
Hippocrates (called Physician before patch 2.8) was a Greek hero and healer in Age of Mythology: Tale of the Dragon. The sole ability of the Physician was to heal units. However, Hippocrates had the added ability to pick up Relics, due to being a hero unit, but had a build limit of 1, like other Greek heroes.
Special ability[]
Heals allied units at a range of 14 and a rate of 7.5 hit points per second when the unit is idle. The rate of healing is greatly lowered when the unit being healed is moving or fighting.
Further statistics[]
Classical Age, Heroic Age, and Mythic Age: +10% hit points.- Heroic Age and Mythic Age: +25% healing rate.
General technologies[]
- Copper Armor, Bronze Armor, Iron Armor: -15% hack vulnerability.
- Copper Shields, Bronze Shields, Iron Shields: -15% pierce vulnerability.
Myth technologies[]
- Olympian Parentage (Zeus): +25% hit points.
Relics[]
- Boots of Kick Everything: +10% movement speed.
- Pelt of Argus: +6 Line of Sight.
While the upgrades list may also display Khopesh of Horus, it has no practical effect on Hippocrates as he cannot attack.
Strategy[]
Hippocrates is a welcome addition to Greek armies, especially for Poseidon players who have no other means of healing available. He also ensures a longer life for expensive, super-strong myth units, such as the Cyclops and Hydra.
Changelog[]
Tale of the Dragon[]
- With patch 2.0, the Physician is available at Greek Town Centers in the Classical Age. He heals at a rate of 12.5, cannot pick up Relics, and has no build limit.
- With patch 2.8, the unit was renamed to Hippocrates and reworked into a hero, its healing rate was changed to 7.5, it gained the ability to pick up Relics, received a build limit of 1, and was made available also at the Fortress.
In-game dialogue[]
Hippocrates speaks Greek, using Krios' dialogue lines.
History[]
| “ | Bloodshed on the battlefield is inevitable and being able to restore the health of one's units can have a great impact on the outcome. Physicians are Greek healing units that can be used during or after a battle to heal both the humans and mythological creatures, and patch up their wounds. | ” |
| —In-game help section | ||
The in-game help screen's history section was left unchanged when the unit was modified from Physician to Hippocrates.
Trivia[]
- Although Hippocrates is available to all three Greek major gods, he was mainly introduced to give Poseidon players a means of healing their units which they previously lacked altogether.
- Hippocrates uses a modified set of Krios' models with a different texture and head.
- Hippocrates is the only civil hero that cannot fight.
- Although he can't fight, he has an animation to do so. It was not included in the animation file and proto file for unknown reasons.
Gallery[]
| Heroes obtainable in random maps in Age of Mythology | ||||
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| God |  Archaic Age
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 Classical Age
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 Heroic Age
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 Mythic Age
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 Greeks (1 each)
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| All |  Hippocrates*
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 Zeus
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 Jason
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 Heracles
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 Odysseus
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 Bellerophon
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 Poseidon
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 Theseus
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 Atalanta
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 Hippolyta
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 Polyphemus
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 Hades
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 Ajax
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 Achilles
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 Chiron
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 Perseus
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 Aphrodite
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 The Argo
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 Egyptians
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| All |  Pharaoh (1)
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 Priest
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 Osiris
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 Son of Osiris
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| Pharaoh (more)
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 Norse
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| All |  Hersir
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 Godi
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 Freyr
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 Gullinbursti (1)
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 Baldr
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  Hero of Ragnarok
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 Atlanteans
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| All |  Citizen (Hero) (50)
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 Murmillo (Hero)
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 Arcus (Hero)
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 Fanatic (Hero)
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 Katapeltes (Hero)
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 Contarius (Hero)
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 Oracle (Hero) (10)
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 Turma (Hero)
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 Cheiroballista (Hero)
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 Destroyer (Hero)
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 Chinese (Immortal Pillars)
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| All |  Pioneer
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 Sage (5)
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 Jiang Ziya (1)
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 Fuxi
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 Nezha (1)
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 Yang Jian (1)
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 Nüwa
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 Kuafu (Hero) (1)
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 Li Jing (1)
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 Shennong
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 Wen Zhong (1)
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 Chinese (Tale of the Dragon)
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| All |  Monk
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 Fu Xi
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 Immortal (8)
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| Others | Immortal (2)
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Immortal (2)
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Immortal (2)
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Immortal (2)
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| Regicide game mode | ||||
| All |  Regent (1)
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